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(Application filed Sept-1, v1899.)

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WITNESSES: INVENTOB UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PORTER WAKEFIELD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 666,830, dated January29, 1901.

Application tiled September 1,1899. Serial No. 729,192. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concer-n,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN PORTER WAKE- FIELD, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, andState of New Yorl{,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBoots or Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to boots and shoes.

I will describe a shoe embodying my invention, and then point out thenovel features thereof in the claims.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure l is a perspective view of ametallic plate embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side View of a shoe,partially broken away and in section, embodying my invention. Fig. 3 isa detail cross-sectional view of a shoe embodying my invention.

Similar letters ot reference designate corresponding parts in all of thefigures.

A represents a shoe-upper, B a sole, and C a metal plate which is placedbetween the edge portion of the upper and theinsole. The plate C isprovided at its edge with a number of points or projections o. Thesepoints or projections are passed through the edge portion of the upperand into the sole to hold them together. As shown in the drawings, thepoints or projections alternately pass through the edge portion of theLipper and into the sole. After the points or projections c are passedthrough the part A they are bent or clenched. The points or projectionswhich enter or are inserted into the sole are split and bent in oppositedirections to form a fork. If desired, however, the points orprojections need not be split, and they may be passed through the soleand then bent or clenched. In this case the sole would be provided witha slit, as in a sewed shoe, for the reception of the bent portions ofthe projections. By this arrangement the parts are securely heldtogether. If desired, an outer sole may be secured in any desired mannerto the sole B.

The advantages of using a metal plate having points or projectionsbetween the upper and sole are, first, that the necessity of stitchingthe sole and Lipper together is done away with, and, second, the boot orshoe will retain its shape a longer time as well as its elasticity andspring.

What I claim as my invention isl. In a boot or shoe, the combinationwith the sole and upper of the shoe, of a means for fastening' togethersaid sole and upper, said means adapted to replace sewing, andcomprising a metal plate placed between the sole and upper, the saidplate being substantially coextensive with the sole, and provided withteeth or projections around the entire outer edge oi said plate, thesaid teeth being turned alternately upwardly and downwardly, thedownwardly-turned teeth entering the sole and the upwardly turned teethpassing through the upper and clenched and means whereby thedownwardly-turned teeth and sole are securely heldtogether.

v 2. In a boot or shoe, the combination of a sole, an upper, and a metalplate between the sole and upper, the said plate extending from side toside and end to end to be substantially coextensive with the sole, andprovided with upwardly bent teeth or project-ions around its entireperiphery, the said teeth passing through the inturned portion of theupper and bent downwardly upon the upper to clench such teeth and securethe upper to said plate, and downwardly-turned teeth alternated withsaid upwardly-turned teeth for passing into the sole,suchdownwardly-turned teeth beingsplit and the two portions thereof bentapart to form a fork whereby the sole is securely attached to said plateand thereby to the upper, the line of attachment being substantiallycoincident with the usual line of sewing, so that the sewing may bedis-l I oro l name to this specification in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN PORTER WAKEFIELD.

H. COUTANT, J. EUGENE SONNER.

described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my

